Jason Moak, left speaks with SSGT. Nicholas Curtis, center and SFC Michael Greene of the recruiting section of the NY Army National Guard Monday morning Jan. 20, 2014 at the Times Union Job Fair at the Marriott Wolf Road in Colonie, N.Y. (Skip Dickstein / Times Union) less

Jason Moak, left speaks with SSGT. Nicholas Curtis, center and SFC Michael Greene of the recruiting section of the NY Army National Guard Monday morning Jan. 20, 2014 at the Times Union Job Fair at the Marriott ... more

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A large crowd is in attendance Monday afternoon Jan. 20, 2014 at the Times Union Job Fair at the Marriott Wolf Road in Colonie, N.Y. (Skip Dickstein / Times Union)

A large crowd is in attendance Monday afternoon Jan. 20, 2014 at the Times Union Job Fair at the Marriott Wolf Road in Colonie, N.Y. (Skip Dickstein / Times Union)

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Big turnout for job fair

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The hundreds of people who attended Monday's Times Union Job Fair at Albany Marriott found a broad assortment of employers — from Aldi to the U.S. Postal Service — seeking to fill sales, technology and other positions.

Kymir Pearson, 22, of Albany, waiting in line to talk with a Postal Service recruiter, said he was looking "for a career more than a job."

For Dan Tarquino, 33, of Slingerlands, who had just sold a business he owned in Vermont, it was a career that would give him more time to spend with his wife.

"We're at a point in our personal lives where we want to have time to spend with each other," Tarquino said.

The job fair offered a series of seminars and a resume critique service.

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The event was the first of four job fairs the Times Union plans this year. The others will be held April 16, July 23 and Oct. 13.